Luria cinerea

Luria cinerea
A dorso-lateral view of a shell of Luria cinerea, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Luria
Species:	L. cinerea
Binomial name
Luria cinerea (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Cypraea cinerea Gmelin, 1791 (Basionym) Cypraea cinerea cinerea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Luria cinerea cinerea (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation Sinusigera cancellata d'Orbigny, 1853 (name based on a larval shell)

Luria cinerea, common name, the Atlantic gray cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Subspecies

Luria cinerea brasilensis Lorenz, 2002 (taxon inquirendum)

Distribution

N Carolina, USA - Colombia - E Brazil

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 45 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1472 m.[2]

References

1. Luria cinerea. WoRMS (2009). Luria cinerea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390557 on 5 June 2010 .
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

External links

• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.